NHER 23678 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric worked and burnt flints from southeast corner of field south of road
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Summary
Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a few prehistoric worked and burnt flints. These include an Early Neolithic flint arrowhead.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
21 April 1987. Fenland fieldwalking.
Ridged for carrots but weathered.
MTW DS.
Reasonable number of flints on edge of mineral soil of chalk loam with chalk fragments. Few pot boilers.
R. Silvester (NAU), 25 April 1987.
One Early Neolithic arrowhead.
F. Healy (NAU).
For full details of wares, flint types etc see (S1).
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF16060 *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. MTW DS. FENS.
- --- SNF61554 Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF58493 Archive: Fenland Folders.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (3)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Feb 3 2012 11:11AM